Aethereal Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 (edited) It had a big opening, trying to attach herself with big Hollywood IP (like Mean Girls and Legally Blonde) expensive music videos and the lower cases titles and quite "unique" themes (k, bye 4 now bby, break up with your gIrliE i am bored!!1!). Kinda looks like she was up to something. Overall it is a slightly above the average era (for Ariana's standard) that benefited from Ariana's growing power kinda like Midnight benefited from Taylor's peak. ME is her biggest album and DW might end passing it in the future. My Everything - 1,879,651 (11 songs + 1 minute interlude) TUN - 1,977,989 (12 songs) My Everything - 2,293,160 (full version) Dangerous Woman - 2,305,824 Positions - 1,594,218 According to CM: ME - 15.5M CSPC TUN - 11.5M CSPC DW - 11.1M CSPC It seems that DW might end passing it within a year or so. thank u, next 7,759,750,014 Dangerous Woman 6,619,814,125 My Everything (Deluxe) 6,536,667,302 Lover - 18M (2019) When we all fall asleep - 18M (2019) - TU,N - 11.5M (2019) ASIB - 10.5M (2018) Edited June 4 by Aethereal 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lüwís Posted June 4 Popular Post Share Posted June 4 I'm only a casual listener of hers, I don't follow what she does as an artist and I don't care about her personal life - but even I would say that the song / album is iconic and a defining moment of her career. She felt like the biggest pop star at the time. Bigger than Gaga, Beyoncé, Rihanna, she-who-must-not-be-named, all of them. So for anyone to say it 'failed'.... they're smoking something that's off. 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post duybeeGAshantiGA Posted June 4 Popular Post Share Posted June 4 (edited) Edited June 4 by duybeeGAshantiGA 24 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
americanlife Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Sweetener/TUN together is her defining era, 2018-19. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitch Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Thank U Next was iconic though. I don't think she expected it to be as big as it was. You've got to remember that album had her first two #1 hits and they were both multi week smashes. The lead single was a surprise release on a Saturday that was low-key serving gift for the fans and it completely surpassed all expectations. 10 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpressMeMuch Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Numbers don't tell the whole story. It was launched off the back of Sweetener and their era's overlapped. It was no doubt iconic, everywhere, and her defining era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpressMeMuch Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Just now, glitch said: Thank U Next was iconic though. I don't think she expected it to be as big as it was. You've got to remember that album had her first two #1 hits and they were both multi week smashes. The lead single was a surprise release on a Saturday that was low-key serving gift for the fans and it completely surpassed all expectations. Yeah that too - the best part about the era being so iconic is that it was authentically so. Not an "attempt". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post D.Va Posted June 4 Popular Post Share Posted June 4 Stupid thread 8 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteferrari Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 It was iconic, I still see the phrase used in everyday life nearly 6 years later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selegend Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 It didn't fail, it was a moment back then. Its not as remembered as it should be, as we can see with its current streaming stats, but it's still an ariana defining album. The thing is that the era was very lackluster and that hurt it's memorability. We'll see this happening with mosts of our favorite artists soon (from miley to beyonce). It's "'working"" on streaming era but it will create less memorable moments and with that the songs will also be less remembered. TUN has the first 2 singles MVs and it's release itself as something remembered, it's already more than most current releases but it's not something Teenage Dream comparable, for example. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concubine Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 .. I've noticed y'all will say stuff like this but then praise actual failed cultural attempts like Radical Optimism or Dopamine by Normani. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquiddiamonds Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Nothing about TUN was a failure. Imagine thinking about that on a Tuesday during working hours lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Tears Ricochet Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 TUN is not a standalone era. SWT/TUN should be considered as a single era, since both albums came out in the gap of what? 5 months? Her run from NTLC -> GIAW -> TUN -> 7 Rings is iconic and everything happened in her personal life in between, from Mac's death and Breakup with Pete made her the biggest Pop star in the planet when pop music as a whole was struggling against Hiphop domination. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bielneira Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorjesspazze9 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 she is literally the most iconic Main Pop Girl of 2018 & 2019 tho 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brikenbur Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 No, that album went 13x platinum in Boystown (Chicago's Gayborhood) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 The backfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator Oxygen Posted June 4 ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 4 SweeTUNer is definitely a career defining era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethereal Posted June 4 Author Share Posted June 4 2 minutes ago, Selegend said: It didn't fail, it was a moment back then. Its not as remembered as it should be, as we can see with its current streaming stats, but it's still an ariana defining album. The thing is that the era was very lackluster and that hurt it's memorability. We'll see this happening with mosts of our favorite artists soon (from miley to beyonce). It's "'working"" on streaming era but it will create less memorable moments and with that the songs will also be less remembered. TUN has the first 2 singles MVs and it's release itself as something remembered, it's already more than most current releases but it's not something Teenage Dream comparable, for example. This TBH was the best answer so far. So much nostalgia in those answers. We are on the streaming era and streaming is all about longevity. It did not eclipse her other albums as we assumed it would. According to CM: ME - 15.5M CSPC TUN - 11.5M CSPC DW - 11.1M CSPC It seems that DW might end passing it within a year or so. thank u, next 7,759,750,014 Dangerous Woman 6,619,814,125 My Everything (Deluxe) 6,536,667,302 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BionicWooHoo Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 I feel like it could have really reached like Teenage Dream levels of success if she kept releasing singles from the album tbh…it's a shame she just stopped after buwygf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethereal Posted June 4 Author Share Posted June 4 Just removed the poll. I was expecting like 80% not 100% no. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeemoR Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 It was a massive era, but it was very much of that time. I don't think her music aged very gracefully from that album. Songs like Into You, No Tears Left To Cry, One Last Time, Bang Bang, We Can't Be Friends feel more defining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnusualBoy Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 It's a defining era for her. The album didn't age that well but it served its purpose. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquiddiamonds Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Aethereal said: This TBH was the best answer so far. So much nostalgia in those answers. We are on the streaming era and streaming is all about longevity. It did not eclipse her other albums as we assumed it would. According to CM: ME - 15.5M CSPC TUN - 11.5M CSPC DW - 11.1M CSPC It seems that DW might end passing it within a year or so. thank u, next 7,759,750,014 Dangerous Woman 6,619,814,125 My Everything (Deluxe) 6,536,667,302 Streaming is very volatile. Using daily streams from one day to make a point about a whole era being a failure is foolish. A bunch of things might influence the numbers: from virality to playlist placement to a bigger nostalgic hit doing the heavy lifting, etc TUN almost caught up with ME in half the time with half the promotion. That's how big of a peak it was Edited June 4 by liquiddiamonds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrorblade Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 she sabotaged it by ending it early Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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